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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: Deputy Martin stated that equality is at the heart of access. She talked about pay equality and the issue of teaching principals. I met a cohort of principals yesterday evening. It is a very difficult space for half of the primary schoolteachers who are teaching principals. It is an area in which I have given a commitment. Recently, at the Irish Primary Principals Network, IPPN,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am interested in hearing more about the critical thinking piece about the Young Philosopher Awards in UCD.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am particularly interested in the awards as I studied philosophy for one year; I am not a philosophy graduate. The insecurity of teachers was mentioned, as were inequality and the key role played by secretaries. I am very conscious of the role that secretaries play in schools. They are front of house; they do not just deal with administration but deal with many aspects of the school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: Would the Senator like another initiative?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am somebody who was involved in second chance learning so I firmly believe that everybody should get a second, third, fourth or fifth chance to learn. Such learning is embraced in a very positive way and is connected to the confidence piece as well. I know from my experience of working in an estate years ago that there was a very diligent and active neighbourhood worker named Ms Mary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, and as I previously advised on this matter, all schools at both Primary and Post Primary are being assessed using the new identification model. The current identification model needs to be as accurate as possible and further analysis is also required to examine other variables known to be strong predictors of educational disadvantage in the context of resource...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government recently announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022) including a new 8-classroom primary school to be established in 2019 to serve the Glasheen_CorkCity/Pouladuff school planning area. This announcement follows nationwide, demographic exercises carried out by my Department into the future need for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware the decision making authority for any amalgamation is the Patron/Trustees of the schools, and this is subject to the approval of my Department. My Department is aware of a proposal from the Patron body and has sought further information in relation to the proposed amalgamation. On receipt of this information further consideration will be given to the proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts Data (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 91 together. Details of consultancy payments made by my Department for the years 2011 to 2017 inclusive are available on the Department's website . Information in relation to consultancy expenditure is compiled annually in respect of the previous year. The data in respect of 2018 is currently being collated and will be published on our website at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: While my Department has received the landlord’s approval to apply for planning permission to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to use a building on Ballymoss Road, Sandyford Business Park as the interim location for a school, negotiations are not yet finalised. The Deputy will appreciate that due to commercial sensitivities I am not in a position to provide further details at this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cóiríocht Scoile (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: Is féidir liom a dheimhniú don Teachta go bhfuil iarratas faighte ag mo Roinnse, i gcomhair cistiú caipitil, ón scoil atá i gceist. Tá an t-iarratas á bhreithniú faoi láthair agus cuirfear cinneadh in iúl d’údarás na scoile chomh luath is a bheidh an próiseas measúnaithe curtha i gcrích.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: The public service agreements have allowed a programme of pay restoration for public servants to start. The starting salary for a new entrant teacher in 2012 was €30,702. As a result of the programme of pay restoration, the starting salary of a teacher is now €36,318 and from 1 October 2020 onwards will be €37,692. Section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Lease Agreements (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department are making inquiries in respect of the Deputy's query and officials from my Department will respond directly to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department funds a number of music education organisations, both directly and through a number of initiatives, including Music Generation and the Non-Mainstream Music Education Bursary. These initiatives are intended to be accessible to all learners. My Department does not directly fund scholarships for individuals or schools to attend workshops and programmes abroad. Music...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (13 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: In March 2012, Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB), acquired the former Dún Uí Neill Army barracks with a view to centralise their further education and training service provision and create opportunities for expansion. The barracks site was also earmarked as a permanent home for Cavan College of Further Education. As the Deputy is aware, a building project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (14 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department has approved the provision of additional temporary accommodation for 2019/2020 for the school referred to by the Deputy at its current location and the initial approval letter issued to the school authorities in November 2018. My Department now awaits documentation from the school authorities in order to progress this matter further.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (14 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that under the National Development Plan (NDP), increased funding has been provided for the school sector capital investment programme. This funding allows for a continued focus on the provision of new permanent school places to keep pace with demographic demand and also provides for an additional focus on the refurbishment of existing school buildings to include...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: Circular 56 of 2011 places a requirement on schools to implement standardised testing at second, fourth and sixth classes. In accordance with the Circular, pupils may be excluded from the test if in the view of the school principal they have a learning or physical disability which would prevent them from attempting the test, or in the case of pupils for whom English is a second language, that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: The public service agreements have allowed a programme of pay restoration for public servants to start. The starting salary for a new entrant teacher in 2012 was €30,702. As a result of the programme of pay restoration, the starting salary of a teacher is now €36,318 and from 1 October 2020 onwards will be €37,692. Section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department's policy is that all children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. The greater proportion of children with SEN attend mainstream class, where they may access additional supports if required. Special class placements are...